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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Bowl

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl, of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed and over-painted in black enamel; on one side is a group of figures beside a monumental fountain, from a painting after Watteau; on the other side is a shepherdess and a seated mandolin player with sheep in a landscape; inside is a painted border of scallops and dots


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted with black enamel
Brief description
Tea bowl, of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted with black enamel, made by James Pennington & Co., Liverpool, ca. 1760
Physical description
Tea bowl, of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed and over-painted in black enamel; on one side is a group of figures beside a monumental fountain, from a painting after Watteau; on the other side is a shepherdess and a seated mandolin player with sheep in a landscape; inside is a painted border of scallops and dots
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of two tea bowls and saucers 414:789/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 787 to C). The figures and the monumental fountain are from a painting The Fountainafter Jean-Antoine Watteau (Wallace Collection No. P395) in The Wallace Collection, London, and of which an engraving was made by G. Scotin.
Acquired as Liverpool porcelain
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £2 10 shillings in February 1872
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 787 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:789-1885

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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